Charlie Austin is a classic striker - he sees the goal and goes for it with foot or head.

The former brickie created one goal scored the winner yesterday to help Rangers leap-frog Leicester at the bottom the table.

It was Rangers' third win of the season - all have come at home - and they now go into a run of games against sides down at the wrong end of the table with a chance of finally coming good.

Rangers manager Harry Redknapp believes his team can progress and continue on the road to survival.

"There will be eight teams battling relegation and that's how it is going to be all year," he said.

GOAL: Leroy Fer celebrates his goal [GETTY]

“I thought the first half was the best we have played all season. We came back from a goal down to win against a fighting side. That was something I am proud of”

Harry Redknapp

"It does not need me to say who they are but this has given us a chance to get out of it.

"I thought the first half was the best we have played all season. We came back from a goal down to win against a fighting side. That was something I am proud of.

"It was an excellent performance. Charlie Austin will rightfully get the headlines again but for me it was a perfect all-round display, from the keeper, defence, midfield and attack."

But they needed a brilliant display from keeper Robert Green and solid defending from Steven Caulker to keep a lively Leicester at bay.

The Foxes took the lead and then levelled and had Rangers fans biting their nails until Austin emerged from a goal-mouth mellee to head a 73rd-minute winner.

It was close. Leicester, who had not previously scored in 500 minutes, took the lead in the fourth minute through Esteban Cambiasso following good work by Jeffrey Schlupp, the German-born Ghanaian who came through the club's academy.

GOAL: Esteban Cambiasso opened the scoring for Leicester after just four minutes [GETTY]

Rangers equalised when Caulker, adding weight to attack, crossed only for Wes Morgan to turn into his own net in the 39th minute. They took the lead when, from Joey Barton's cross, Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel palmed Austin's header, only for Leroy Fer to whip the ball back into the net.

Leicester equalised through Schlupp in the 63rd minute with a superb long-range effort.

But Austin hit the winner following a frenzied goal-mouth scramble.

It sparked a gung-ho final six minutes of added time before Rangers finally crossed the line to rapturous noise from home supporters.

Defeat increased the pressure on Leicester manager Nigel Pearson, who saw his men suffer a sixth away defeat.

Pearson said: "It was frustrating for us. I thought our defenders played well and that wasn't why we lost. It was a game we should have won in many ways.

"I feel for the players. When you go through a period like we are in at the moment it is important not to get wrapped up in why we are where we are and why we lost.

"It is up to me to look at it and the players to look at why they get in and stay in the side.

"I saw a lot of commitment from the players today but the reality is we are not winning enough games and it is only ourselves that can rectify it."